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Replacement Cost and the 180-Day Limitation Myth
Aug 19 2020 // What is the best way to launch this article? I don’t know if I should say I’m itching for a fight or if it’s better to say that insurance carriers are misinterpreting coverage forms and I am trying to...
As Harvest Losses Continue, German Farmers Seek Insurance Subsidy
Aug 18 2020 // Germany’s 2020 grain harvest will fall below average for the third year in a row as farmers grapple with extreme weather conditions, the DBV farmer’s association said on Tuesday. The grain harvest this year is...
Pandemic Boosted Personal Auto Insurers’ Profits in the Short-Term
Aug 17 2020 // As bad as the coronavirus pandemic has been for many insurance lines, personal automobile profits have soared thanks to reduced driving, as quarantines and shelter-at-home restrictions took hold across the United States...
Federal Judge Advances Business Interruption Dispute Between Law Firm, Travelers
Aug 17 2020 // A federal judge in California disappointed a law firm suing Travelers Insurance over coronavirus lockdown related business interruption claims in refusing to remove its case to state court and denying its request for a...
University Insured Chinese Student Tuition Revenue Against Virus. Then COVID-19 Hit.
Aug 17 2020 // After becoming dean of the University of Illinois business school in 2015, Jeffrey Brown worried that politics or a virus would choke off a major source of revenue for his school: Chinese graduate students. So, in 2017,...
RMS Estimates Insured Losses from Hurricane Isaias at $3-$5 Billion
Aug 17 2020 // Estimated total insured losses from Hurricane Isaias will be between $3.0 and $4.5 billion in the U.S. This includes estimated losses to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) of between $400 and $700 million,...
Judge Tosses Texas Barbershops’ Suit Against Insurer Over Coronavirus Losses
Aug 16 2020 // A federal judge has agreed with an insurer that a group of barbershops in the San Antonio, Texas-area have no basis for claims seeking coverage under their commercial insurance policies for business interruption losses...
Middle East Insurers Likely to Absorb Bulk of Losses from Beirut Port Blast: Sources
Aug 14 2020 // Insurers in the Middle East are expected to absorb a large part of the losses from Beirut’s explosion last week with Lloyd’s of London and other international players expected to be less exposed, insurance...
Last Year Was Among Earth’s 3 Hottest Years on Record, Climate Report Shows
Aug 13 2020 // Last year will be remembered as among the world’s hottest, while greenhouse gases reached their highest levels on record, according to the 30th annual State of the Climate report. The international annual review of...
Consolidation of COVID Business Loss Suits Denied; But Grouping by Insurer Eyed
Aug 13 2020 // The legal panel on multidistrict litigation (MDL) has denied a proposal to consolidate cases brought by multiple businesses against various insurers for coronavirus-related business losses. The U.S. Judicial Panel on...
Major Reinsurers Brace for Large Losses from Beirut Port Blast
Aug 13 2020 // Some of the world’s biggest reinsurers are bracing for potential losses running into tens of millions of euros after last week’s explosion that ravaged much of downtown Beirut. Property damage alone from the...
Judge Allows Businesses’ Lawsuits Against Insurer Over Coronavirus Losses
Aug 12 2020 // A federal judge in Missouri said on Wednesday a group of hair salons and restaurants can sue their insurance carrier for business interruption losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which they say caused a...
Wetlands Loss Suits Against Oil Companies to Stay in Louisiana State Courts
Aug 12 2020 // Oil companies facing lawsuits that blame them for coastal wetlands loss in Louisiana have lost an attempt to move the suits to federal court. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Aug. 10 upheld a...
Secondary Perils Drive Global Insured Catastrophe Losses of $31B During H1: Swiss Re
Aug 12 2020 // Global insured property losses from disasters were US$31 billion in the first half of 2020, up from US$23 billion during the same period last year, according to Swiss Re Institute’s sigma estimates. Natural...
Ralph Lauren Suit Alleges Fraud by Insurer Refusing to Cover Coronavirus Losses
Aug 11 2020 // Fashion firm Ralph Lauren Corp. is suing its insurer to recoup what it says has been a huge drop of two-thirds of its revenues in the first quarter alone due to the pandemic. Ralph Lauren Corp. (RLC) maintains that Factory...
Companies Risk Losing More Than 40% of Annual Profit on Supply Chain Shocks: McKinsey
Aug 11 2020 // Companies risk losing more than 40% of annual profit once a decade in a world threatened by trade wars, cyber attacks, pandemics and climate change, according to McKinsey & Co., which estimates the COVID-19 crisis...
Insured Losses for Europe’s Storm Sabine (aka Ciara/Elsa) Estimated at €1.6B: PERILS
Aug 11 2020 // The industry loss footprint for extratropical cyclone “Sabine” – also known as “Ciara” and “Elsa” – is estimated at €1.61 billion (US$1.9 billion), according to PERILS, the...
Marine Insurance Losses Likely to Be Under $250M from Beirut Port Blast: Carpenter
Aug 11 2020 // Insurance claims for damage to ships, goods and the port itself after a warehouse explosion last week in the port of Beirut were likely to total less than $250 million, reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter said on...
Insured Losses From Hurricane Isaias Could Reach $4 Billion in U.S.
Aug 10 2020 // Hurricane Isaias likely caused $4 billion of insured losses in the U.S. and $200 million in the Caribbean, according to risk modelers at Karen Clark & Co. The estimates cover privately insured wind and storm surge...
Berkshire Insurance Units Hold Their Own While Pandemic Slams Other Buffett Firms
Aug 10 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway Inc. had a tough second quarter with the pandemic taking a toll on most of its operating businesses including Precision Castparts aircraft parts, the BNSF railroad, Occidental Petroleum Corp., Kraft...
